The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1887-01-01

his death, which came with startling sudden
ness to his family and friends, had not been un-
expected BY his physicians for some days. The
lurking tendency to brain complication which
had been present In greater or less degree, and
constantly increasing in severity during his
entire illness, had prepared them to expec
the worst The racking pains which he suffered
during the early days Of his illness yielded to
treatment, but left him In weak and exhaust
ed condition from which he never rallied and
upon which the fever preyed with increasing
violence until the hour Of his death. After
last midnight his pulse grew weaker and
weaker, and ut o'clock this morning his
condition was such as to cause great fear
OF his immediate death. After this he
rallied somewhat, and,a the consultation which
was held at 0 o'clock this morning, his pulse
was found to be somewhat stronger, but his
general condition was not such as to give any
hope OF ultimate recovery. DR.. Baxter relieved
DR.. Hamilton at the conclusion of the consulta-
ton, and continued In constant attendance I'M
til the Generals death. The physicians
again met in consultation at 80 p. M,
when 1t was apparent that the patient was rap
Idly sinking, and could live but few hours. At2
O'Clock the General revived sufficiently to recog
nize his wife, who has been at his bedside night
anil day during his entire Illness AS she spoke
to him he looked up into her face, and all who
were present knew that he recognized her. This
was the last manifestation Of consciousness. He
then YEARLY closed his eyes and sank into o
lethargic sleep from which he never woke.
While the public has been aware for week
or more that General Logan was confined TO his
room with rheumatism, many even of his most
intimate friends were, as late as yesterday
afternoon, unsuspicious Of the serious character
Of the attack, and to the masses the announce
ment In this mornings papers that the states
man lay OF deaths door brought shock OF sor-
rcwful surprise. ALI day long the carriages Of
sympathetic callers have occupied the space in
front OF Calumet Place, while hundreds Of
pedestrians OF oil walks Of life have climbed
the hill upon which the Logan
mansion stands, to ask II 1t were
true that all hope was past. Among those who
thus actively expressed their grief and sym
pathy were Secretary and Mrs. Whitney, Secrc-
tary and Mrs Manning, Senators Ransom and
Walthall, General and Mrs. Ccckren, Mr. and
Mrs. Bancroft Davis, General Malone, Senators
Platt, Mitchell and Eustis, Congressman Hit,
Of Illinois, and Symes, Of Colorado, General
and Colonel Sheridan, Professor and Mrs. Bell,
Senator and Mrs. Payne Justice Matthews,
Senators Harris and Whitthome, Senator and
Mrs. Miller, Senator Voorhees, and Blair, and
Congressman Burrows and Townshend.
Scores Of kilograms Of coincidence have been
pouring in during the day from all parts Of the
country, among the latest being one from ex-
Senator Conkling, expressing his inability to
credit the reported imminence Of the danger
and asking for Information.
Though the doctors have given no word o;
hope during the day, yet the attendants, as late
as this noon, refused to give full credence to the
alarming bulletins and whispered to inquirers
something of the chances that the sturdy frame
II the sufferer, and the united skill Of the con-
sulting physicians would bring revival Of vital
ity sufficient to dominate the insidious poison In
| his frame. But after noon no one ventured tc
| express hope that the sufferer would last dur
| ing the day.
Intimate friends gathered with the grief
stricken and almost frantic relatives about the
bedside, while In the spacious hall and parlors
below sadfaced throng remained ir
hushed expectancy. The stifled sobs Of the
wife and children, and the inarticulate utter
ances Of the dying man, were audible at times
throughout the mansion. At 1865 DR.. Baxter
came out OF the sick room and said TO one wht
was waiting for intelligence: simply say he II
| lying" Then the voice Of prayer at the bed
side rose above the sobs Of the stricken mourn
srs, and with It's end ended the life Of the war
] ior.statesman.
Among those at the bedside of the dying mar
we're Senator and Mrs. Cullom and daughter
General Sheridan, Senator and Mrs. Coclrell
General Raum, Congressman Henderson ant
Thomas, Of Illinois, and Mrs. Thomas; Senator
Miller and wife, Congressman Symes, Of Colo
| RADIO: DR.. Baxter General Henry Strong, an(
Daniel Shepard and wife. of Chicago, and tn,
Generals private secretaries, w. B. Taylo
and Albert Hall. At the head of the bed knel
Mrs: Logan. one arm encireling her dying hus